A Bellows Free Academy student was arrested Friday for threatening to blow up and burn down the St. Albans school, which was in session at the time, St. Albans Police Chief Gary Taylor said. The 16-year old boy was upset and did not have any bomb-making material, Taylor said.
"These things are taken very seriously by us and the schools," he said. "I think that anytime someone makes a threat like that we have to take it seriously."
Police responded to a report of an "out of control" student at the school at about 12:10 p.m. After a brief struggle, police arrested the student and cited him with false public alarm, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Police released him with a citation to appear in court, Taylor said.
The school was not evacuated, he said.
